Anra scarabs are scarab seals dating to the Second Intermediate Period found in the Levant, Egypt and Nubia.[1] Anra scarabs are identified by an undeciphered and variable sequence of Egyptian hieroglyphs on the base of the scarab which always include the symbols a, n and r.[2] As anra scarabs have overwhelmingly been found in Palestine (~80%), it has been suggested it was marketed by the contemporaneous 15th Dynasty for the Canaanites.[3]: 277
The artifacts have tentatively been associated with the gods El and Ra, who were identified with each other in the Ramesside Period.
- ^ Richards, Fiona (1998). The Anra scarab : an archaeological and historical approach. p. 209. doi:10.30861/9781841712178. hdl:1842/26878. ISBN 9781841712178. S2CID 127185087.
- ^ Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant. British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. 1994. p. 234.
- ^ Richards, Fiona V. (1998). The Anra scarab: an archaeological and historical approach. p. 11-298. doi:10.30861/9781841712178. hdl:1842/26878. ISBN 9781841712178. S2CID 127185087.
Eighty percent of all Anra scarabs were found in Palestine, it would appear that this scarab was marketed specifically by the 15th dynasty for the Palestinian market